A.
The location of any roadways or public facilities shown on the Official
Map shall be provided on all tentative sketch, preliminary and final
subdivision and land development plans hereafter filed.
B.
For the purposes of preserving the integrity of the Official Map,
no permit shall be issued for any proposed building within the lines
of any street or public ground shown or laid out on the Official Map.
No person shall recover any damages for the taking for public use
of any building or improvements constructed within the lines of any
street or public ground after the same shall have been included in
the Official Map, and any such building or improvement shall be removed
at the expense of the owner.
When the property of which a reserved location forms a part
cannot yield a reasonable return to the owner unless a permit shall
be granted, the owner may apply to the Board for the grant of a special
encroachment permit to so build. Before granting any special encroachment
permit authorized in this section, the Board may submit the application
for a special encroachment permit to the Lower Merion Township Planning
Commission and allow the Planning Commission 30 days to review and
comment on the special encroachment permit and shall give public notice
and hold a public hearing at which all parties in interest shall have
an opportunity to be heard.
The streets and public grounds shown on the Official Map shall
be deemed perpetually reserved for future taking or acquisition for
public use. However, the reservation for public grounds shall lapse
and become void after the owner of such property has submitted a written
notice to the Board announcing his intentions to build, subdivide
or otherwise develop the land covered by the reservation, or has made
formal application for a Township building permit to build a structure
for private use, unless the Board shall have acquired the property
or begun condemnation proceedings to acquire such property before
the end of one year from the date the property owner provided notice
or made formal application to the Township.
A.
The adoption of any street, street lines, or other public lands or
easements as part of the Official Map shall not, in and of itself,
constitute or be deemed to constitute the opening or establishment
of any street nor the taking or acceptance of any land, nor shall
it obligate the Township to improve or maintain any such street or
land. The adoption of proposed public grounds as part of the Official
Map shall not, in and of itself, constitute or be deemed to constitute
a taking or an acceptance of any land by the Township.
Lower Merion Township may designate any of its employees or
officers to negotiate with the owner of the land whereon reservations
are made, releases of claims for damages or compensation for such
reservations are required, or agreements indemnifying the Township
from such claims by others may be required. Any such releases or agreements
when properly executed by the Township and the owner, and recorded,
shall be binding upon any successor in title.
